Cover of the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 13 - From the cradle to the grave for the textbook Outcomes Upper-Intermediate - Student's Book with authors Hugh Dellar and Andrew Walkley from National Geographic Learning

Question

Listen and find out what ceremony or rites each person talks about and how the worlds in Exercise 2 are used.

Answer

  1. a wedding: there was a lot of singing during the reception; Anyone could make a toast and speak. And when the groom left the room for whatever reason, male guests would leap up and kiss the bride; when the couple exchange vows, the person who says ‘I do’ ...
  2. a coming-of-age ceremony: Everyone who turns 20 that year is invited to a big reception; The girls wear traditional Japanese outfits; there’s a lengthy speech by the local mayor; Family and friends usually gather outside the town hall
  3. a funeral: the funeral company usually preserves the body so it can be displayed in the coffin; everybody can pay their respects; we also visit the graves of loved ones
  4. a birth: the father brushes a mixture of honey and butter on the baby’s lips; He then whispers special holy words as a blessing for his future life; I had quite a difficult labour; a priest consults an astrological chart to find the position of the stars